Safety brake-beam support



April 17, 1928.

G. M. WADDY SAFETY BRAKE BEAM SUPPORT K Filed Feb. 25, 1927 gwuwntoi Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. WADDY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SAFETY BRAKE-BEAM SUPPORT.

Application led February 25, 1927. Serial No. 170,902.

The present'invention relates to a safety devicel especially designed for use on railway car trucks, and aims to provide novel means whereby the brake beams will be caught and supported, should they become disconnected from their trucks, thereby eliminating any possibility of the brake beams falling to the tracks to derail the car.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterl which may be readily and easily positioned on the usual transverse beams of a car truck, eliminating the lnecessity of jacking up the car frame in order to position the device.

A still further object of. the invent-ion is to provide means whereby the nuts of the bolts employed as a securing means, will be locked against accidental displacement, du

to vibrations of the brake beams.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, maybe made within the scope of what is claimed, without departin from the spirit of the invention.

Referrlng to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a car truck showing safety brackets constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure v2 is a longitudinal sectional view through a bracket.

Figure 3 is ra front elevational view thereof.

Figure-4 is a rear elevational view thereof.

Referring to the drawingin detail, the reference character 5 designates brake beams of a. railway car, truck construction, and

which support brake shoes 6 that contact f with the wheels, in the usual and well known manner.

The reference character 7 designates trans-l verse bars of a car truck, which are formed of an le bar material.

It 1s contemplated to use one of these brackets or supporting arms at each end of thebrake beam associated therewith, and

as shown, each of these brackets includes a horizontal section 8, and a vertical end member 9 formed with a flange 10 at its upper end, and extended laterally therefrom.-

These brackets are formed of lengths of sheet metal sufiiciently heavy to support the brake beams associated therewith, should the brake beams become disconnected from the trucks.

The upper edge of the flange 10 is curved as at 11 so that the securing member 12, which is formed of comparatively light sheet metal material`may be bent therearound or constructed in such a way that it will close-v ly engage the upper end of the flange.

A shoulder 13 is provided by the flange and rests on the upper edge of the angle bar to which the bracket is secured, the bracket, angle bar and member 12 being provided with aligning openings to receive se- Xcuring bolts 14 associated therewith.

One end of the member 12 is extended laterally as at 15 providing a lock for the bolt head 16, the opposite end of the memberv 12 being extended laterally as at 17 after the nut 18 has been positioned, thereby lockingthenut against movement after it has been ositioned to secure the safety bracket to the eam.

beam falling to the track to derail the car.

I claim: o

A safety bracket to-be attached to a trans verse bar of a truck frame, including a len th of sheet metal having an upstanding en portion, a laterally disposed vflange formed along the upper edgeof the upstand ing end portion and adapted to rest on the upper edge of the transverse bar, said transverse bar and upstanding endy portion hav- From the foregoing it will be seen that due ing registering openings, a securing member n bolt extending through the registering of a- Widthequal to the Width of the length openings for securing the safety bracket to of sheet metal, said securing member belng the transverse bar. 10 U-'shaped in formationto tit over the trans- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 verse bar and upstanding end portion, said my own, I have hereto affixed my signature. securing member having openings'register- I ing with' the first mentloned openings, and v GEORGE M. WADDY. 

